Ghanaian recounts scene of blast: Chagrined after missing the train by a whisker, Maxwell Konadu on Thursday thought he would get late to college little realizing that he had averted a major disaster. The twenty-three-year-old Ghanaian had a close brush with death Thursday after a train which he was supposed to board at Kings Cross in London exploded barely five minutes after it left the platform. A commerce student, who arrived in London late last year, Konadu said: ?I heard a huge blast five minutes after the train let the platform and chaos reigned supreme at the station. An announcement proclaimed that all train services were being suspended in wake of the blast,? he added. Konadu told the Arab Times in a telephonic interview from London that ?I never ever thought that something like this would happen in this country. I owe my life to Almighty. There was panic all over the place.?
?People were running around for cover. For a moment I thought I was going to be trampled. I picked myself up and ran into a building and a security guard was saying ?get in, get in?. Although the blast occurred a few kilometers away, the air was filled with stench.? As he was trying to come to grips with the tragedy, a second bomb went off in a bus barely 500 meters away. ?The second blast knocked the stuffing out of me. I didn?t know what to do. I wastoo afraid to get close to the scene.? Recounting the scene after the second blast, he said people were panic-struck and that everything came to a standstill. ?Police cordoned off the area and urged people not to panic. I immediately waved down a taxi and it took me quite a while to get home.? The tragedy cut short the celebrations which engulfed the city after it was named the host of the 2012 Olympic Games. In all, six bombs exploded in quick succession across London, killing more than 40 people and wounding 300.
Describing the situation in the streets, he said people were afraid to venture out, adding most of the commuters were stranded after bus and train service were suspended. ?Only taxis were ferrying passengers. Most of the shops downed their shutters immediately after the blasts.? Another eye witness said he was at the Southampton Road when he heard a loud bang. ?I knew something horrible had happened as fire engines rushed towards the scene as sirens punctuated the air. Passengers were evacuated across the capital, many in shock and with their clothes torn.? ?Everything came to halt and people were totally shaken by the blast. I saw a cloud of smoke billowing towards the sky. People were comforting each other.? Meanwhile, Khaled Tarah of the Kuwaiti Media Center in London told the Arab times that there were no Kuwaiti casualties in the blasts, adding that the center was working round the clock to provide assistance to Kuwaitis.
I was very close to king cross station finding a way out to work but by GODS grace nothing happened to me. I walked nearly 8 kms before i was able to get bus home.i stopped going to work because of the incident.though i wasnt inside the tube station but just near it. So far i havent heard death of any ghanaian.you should all pray for us and i will let you know latest development.
-- Ebenezer Frimpong (little ilford east london )
Dear Sir/Madam,
I base in the New York and l read the news this morning. It was terrible and l pray to God for his help in this bad situation. I don't really know what is happening to the whole world this time. Every single day strange things happens and major problems is terrorist attacks. I don't understand what these group of people who have this kind of bad character are looking for.
My question is, they don't know that, they also will die? Everything has an end and their days were numbered in heaven. I'm Ghanaian and l hope everything will be fine. I will keep on praying for those who has loss their lives and those who are really hurts. God who created heaven and earth will provide. The terrorist, your cups will be full soon.
---( Philip Donkor)
